A/N: Just a tiny drabble about what it might be like if Damon and Bonnie ever come back. Random ideas have been floating around my head ever since I saw the finale and this was the only one I could put into words. Hope you like it :)
They were back.
After nearly a year of rummaging through old spell books, tracking down old witches, trying (unsuccessfully) to summon ghosts, they had almost given up hope. And then suddenly, they were back. Damon and Bonnie. They had returned to them.
They didn't talk about what happened there, what they saw and what they did. In fact, they barely talked. They were like ghosts of their former selves, lacking the determination or energy that made them who they were.
Bonnie couldn't sleep. She was plagued by nightmares and Damon was the only one who could calm her down. Damon, on the other hand, was hallucinating god-knows-what and Bonnie was the only thing that grounded him.
They were hurting. What they saw changed them forever and there was nothing anyone could do about it. They thought some time and space would help, but nothing changed even months later. They had become shells. Living only to exist, without anything to drive them. But at least they were back. And they thanked whoever was the reason for their return every single day.